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Pueschel, Siegfried M., Ed.; Linakis, James G., Ed.; Anderson, Angela C., Ed. – 1996
The magnitude of childhood lead poisoning has been inexplicably neglected by modern medicine and by legislators. However, since the 1970s, increased attention has been focused on lead poisoning, and advances have been made in several areas, including understanding of the neurodevelopmental and behavioral ramifications of lead poisoning, and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Federal Legislation, Lead Poisoning
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. – 1993
Adverse health effects from exposure to lead are now recognized to be among industrialized society's most important health problems. This report, prepared by the National Research Council's Committee on Measuring Lead Exposure in Critical Populations, concurs with new findings issued by the Centers for Disease Control which state that lead…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Biochemistry, Child Health, Children
Locke, John L. – 1993
A major synthesis of the latest research on early language acquisition, this book explores what gives infants the remarkable capacity to progress from babbling to meaningful sentences, and what inclines a child to speak. The book examines the neurological, perceptual, social, and linguistic aspects of language acquisition in young children, from…
Descriptors: Autism, Biological Influences, Blindness, Child Language
Kimura, Doreen – 1999
This book describes the major differences between men and women in cognitive or problem-solving abilities and discusses the possible biological contributions to such differences. The book argues that sex differences in cognitive patterns and in motor skills arose out of complementary evolutionary histories of men and women and that evidence for…
Descriptors: Adults, Biological Influences, Brain, Cognitive Development
Soby, Jeanette M. – 1994
This book presents the characteristics of children affected by prenatal drug exposure, fetal alcohol syndrome, fetal alcohol effects, and fetal cocaine/polydrug effects. It outlines incidence, service needs, prevention, and identification. The medical literature on the physical, cognitive, and behavioral characteristics of this population is…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Behavior Development, Cocaine, Cognitive Development
Golombok, Susan; Fivush, Robyn – 1994
In spite of the loosening ties between reproductive and social roles, the worlds of men and women and boys and girls, are clearly not the same. There is much more to being female or male than the potential to mother or father a child. Gender development does not simply depend on children's relationship with their parents: it results from a complex…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biological Influences, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences
